מתוך ההשראה

... (Yet) each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!


תוספת שלי לאוסקר ווילד:

the killer wheeps
and calls at night
to let the tears be heared

yet strains of love
and ills of lust
cannot be cured by those.

and so, my love,
forgive or not,
this is my way and code:
thy love be mastered
or committed
or i'll have none of those!